Doomed to Wheelbarrow
Some time ago in Russia they had chained prisoners to wheelbarrows they were working with, so that to make it hard for the to run away. If such a person decided to run he had to take the wheelbarrow with himself.
This particular short was called “The Prisoner on Rest”, and one can clearly see the wheelbarrow somewhere nearby.
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At least prisoners in America get to lie around all day, watch premium cable television, play games, and sleep. Life is easy when you are in American Jails that are sometimes refferd to a Hilton (luxury hotel brand).
American Prisons > Russian Prisons.
The American government is a federation and the treatment of prisoners in individual states can vary widely. I don’t think brutal treatment of prisoners has any value, however, I am not the only one who thinks prisoners are treated far too well. They should have no TV, no games and no access to exercise equipment. They should be fed high carbohydrate diets and kept in warm humid cells so that they are fat and lazy. They should either have daily manual labor to tire them out OR be kept in a cell for 23 hours a day.
Prisoner with chair on the bed. Mega original picture!!!
So what the hell is this post all about?
“Oh my gash, l00k at dose ug1y stoopeed russkies, dey ar chaining ppl to wheelbarrows, omfg lol foolish creatures!!!11one” - ?
Fuck you.
*ahem*Guantanamo*ahem*
Acts_of_Atrocity: It’s just interesting, I didn’t know prisoners were chained to wheelbarrows .. did you? It’s not insulting the prisoners or the government, it’s an interesting little piece of history.
Why is this blog full of so many people convinced that the editors hate russia and aim to prove it to be bad in every post, sometimes they post things in russia that are bad sometimes they post things in russia that are interesting. Do you get angry at a newspaper that reports crime in your country? No, but it’s saying bad things about your country, you people need to relax.
And as people have already said, if you don’t like what this guy has to say then stop visiting. I’m sure he doesn’t care that you hate him / his views / his blog and your ridiculous posts aren’t going to change him.
Really small children of tender age were working in mines chained to their jack-lifts. It was in Great Britain till The Mines Act was issued in 1842.
Being locked up for years without a trial sounds pretty fucking awful to me, Flippy.
AoA: No reason to be sensitive. This kind of thing happened. Cruel, unconcienable things have happened everywhere. One prevents mistakes by learning from the past.
Bert: What about Guantonimo? Perhaps Gitmo should be used by European nations as an example of how they should improve the humane treatment of prisoners. Perhaps the International Red Cross should designate Gitmo as an ideal prison, whose standards whould be emulated.
Does anyone else see my last comment boxed with Flippy’s?
Well actually slavery was allowed for quite long in Russia, which this picture just shows. It was the slavery long into modern time, and what was left of it even after it was forbidden, that paved the way for the Russian revolutions.
I agree that kind of these things happened in the past, and somewhere in the world they still happen. There will always be criminals and there always be inhuman prison guards.
What pisses me off is a purpose of this exact post - again, it is to dig something from a context and wave it all over the place.
It is not about fact itself, it`s about interpretation of fact that irritates me.
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